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Domesticated silver fox

It continues today at The Institute of Cytology and Genetics at Novosibirsk, under the supervision of Lyudmila Trut. Initial experimentation[edit] In a time when centralized political control exercised over genetics and agriculture was an official state doctrine, known as Lysenkoism, Belyaev's commitment to classical genetics had cost him his job as head of the Department of Fur Animal Breeding at the Central Research Laboratory of Fur Breeding in Moscow in 1948.[2] During the 1950s, he continued to conduct genetic research under the guise of studying animal physiology.

Belyaev believed that the key factor selected for in the domestication of dogs was not size or reproduction, but behavior; specifically, tameability. The project also investigated breeding vicious foxes to study aggressive behavior. Current project status[edit] La rebelión de un escritor contra la Ley Sinde moviliza a miles de internautas. Is There A European Tech Incubator Bubble? Something is happening in Europe.

Is There A European Tech Incubator Bubble?

The tectonic plates in the startup ecosystem are moving and, like penguins on ice-flows, we all are slithering around trying to get a handle on how things will play out over the next couple of years. We’re having exits (such as Tweetdeck to Twitter for $40million), large funding rounds (such as Wooga raising $24 million) and higher valuations (like Moshi Monsters). Events have ramped up considerably. GeeknRolla in London was a blast this year, as was DLD, Founders Forum and the 1,000-strong Dublin Web Summit. And we still have The Europas and Le Web to go. At the same time the incubator and accelerator scene is booming. And this week the brand new Oxygen Accelerator in the UK said it would literally give away £75,000 ($84,000 Euro / $120,000) with no equity tie as a prize to the ‘most improved startup on its programme’ (applications close June 30th, apply here). But for her, “accelerators are absolutely a benefit to the startup ecosystem.

How a Remote Town in Romania Has Become Cybercrime Central ... Râmnicu Vâlcea has only about 120,000 residents, but among law enforcement experts around the world, it has a nickname: Hackerville.

How a Remote Town in Romania Has Become Cybercrime Central ...

The town is full of online crooks who cruise the streets in expensive European cars.Photo: Nick Waplington Three hours outside Bucharest, Romanian National Road 7 begins a gentle ascent into the foothills of the Transylvanian Alps. Meadowlands give way to crumbling houses with chickens in the front yard, laundry flapping on clotheslines. But you know you’ve arrived in the town of Râmnicu Vâlcea when you see the Mercedes-Benz dealership.

It’s in the middle of a grassy field, shiny sedans behind gleaming glass walls. In fact, expensive cars choke the streets of Râmnicu Vâlcea’s bustling city center—top-of-the-line BMWs, Audis, and Mercedes driven by twenty- and thirtysomething men sporting gold chains and fidgeting at red lights. Among law enforcement officials around the world, the city of 120,000 has a nickname: Hackerville. The Flipside of Cisco's Flip Decision. In 2009, I purchased a Flip HD camcorder.

The Flipside of Cisco's Flip Decision

Around the same time, Cisco purchased Flip, the company, for about $600 million. It was never clear precisely what Cisco was up to, but with YouTube being a big deal, some form of Internet connectivity seemed to top the list of the possible “synergies.” It took Cisco just a year to change its mind, announcing in April of this year that it would shut Flip down. Cisco’s move sparked surprise and even outrage. Flip had 500-odd employees, was earning $400 million in revenues, and had grown 15% the previous year. But even those opposed to the shut down sensed a problem. That story hung over the product category like the Sword of Damocles. What is interesting about Cisco’s move, strategically speaking, is precisely that. Sometimes massively outspending an entrant works. Seen in this light, Cisco’s decision to cut and run on Flip is unusually visionary.